Quotes from Ricky Gervais

The existence of God is not subjective. He either exists or he doesn't. It's not a matter of opinion. You can have your own opinions. But you can't have your own facts.

Science seeks the truth. And it does not discriminate. For better or worse it finds things out. Science is humble. It knows what it knows and it knows what it doesn't know. It bases its conclusions and beliefs on hard evidence -­- evidence that is constantly updated and upgraded. It doesn't get offended when new facts come along. It embraces the body of knowledge. It doesn't hold on to medieval practices because they are tradition.

If you can't joke about the most horrendous things in the world, what's the point of jokes? What's the point in having humor? Humor is to get us over terrible things.

You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what that is. It doesn't matter if it's a table or a film or gardening - everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say, "I did that.

Life is just a series of peaks and troughs. And you don't know whether you're in a trough until you're climbing out, or on a peak until you're coming down. And that's it you know, you never know what's round the corner. But it's all good. "If you want the rainbow, you've gotta put up with the rain." Do you know which "philosopher" said that? Dolly Parton. And people say she's just a big pair of tits.

Mondays are fine. It's your life that sucks.

That's the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, in the end leads to liberation and dignity.

Ignorance might be bliss for the ignorant, but for the rest of us it's a right fucking pain in the arse :)

Science is constantly proved all the time. You see, if we take something like any fiction, any holy book… and destroyed it, in a thousand years' time, that wouldn't come back just as it was. Whereas if we took every science book, and every fact, and destroyed them all, in a thousand years they'd all be back, because all the same tests would [produce] the same result.

My greatest hero is Nelson Mandela. What a man. Incarcerated for 25 years, he was released in 1990 and he hasn't reoffended. I think he's going straight, which shows you prison does work.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . . . Then he said, "Let there be light." Which means he made the entire universe in the dark! How fucking good is that? He's brilliant.

Never confuse your right to say what you believe with a right to never be disagreed with and ridiculed for saying what you believe.

Remember, if you don't sin, then Jesus died for nothing

Beliefs do not change facts. Facts, if one is rational, should change beliefs.

You do your own thing and you see if you survive.

You could easily spot any Religion of Peace. Its extremist members would be extremely peaceful.

No one wants to see cool people doing brilliantly. I want to see the struggle. That's the fun bit.

Your critics want you to be as unhappy, unfulfilled and unimportant as they are. Let your happiness eat them up from inside

If I had a gun with two bullets and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden, and Toby, I would shoot Toby twice.

Spirituality really lost its way when it became a stick to beat people with: 'Do this or you'll burn in hell.

It's better to create something that others criticize than to create nothing and criticize others. Ricky Gervais

Humanity Is A Plague. We're A Disgusting, Narcissistic, Selfish Parasite, And The World Would Be A Better Place Without Us.

Saying atheism is a belief system is like saying not going skiing is a hobby.

The best thing about being dead is that you don't know about it. It's like being stupid - it's only painful for others.